Combined foot-rest and child&#39;s seat.



No. 628,33I. Patented July 4, I899.

. .1. 5. JOHN. GOIIBI NED FOOT BEST AND CHILDS SEAT.

(Application filed Sept. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

.B'i/Vn/Far Jaye 0A R. JE/zvv I UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

JO'SEPII R. JOHN, OF MOUNT CLEMENS, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED FOOT-REST AND CHILDS SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,331, dated July 4,1899.

Application filed September 19,1898. Serial No. 691,357. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. JOHN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Clemens, in the county of Macomb and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Foot- Rest and Ohilds Seat, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of adjustable chairs especiallydesigned for use as barbers or dental chairs and provided with a footstool or rest secured to the adjustable chair-body.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of this foot stoolor rest, whereby it may be readily converted into a childs chair, asmore fully hereinafter described'and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through my device asapplied to a barbers chair and arranged for a foot-stool, a portion onlyof the chair being shown and in elevation. Fig. 2 is a diagram elevationof the device with my improvement arranged as a childs chair.

A is the chair-standardflo which is pivotally secured the chair-body B,provided with the depending brackets O for supporting the platform orlower foot-rest D and the upwardly-extending arms or brackets E forsupporting the upper foot rest or stool, the parts being of usual andwell-known construction.

Between the brackets E is pivotally secured my combined foot-stool andchair F,

which preferably consists of the seat portion a, the arms or sides Z7,and the back 0, thelatter extending to form the rounding portion at onthe .reverse side of the seat. This seat.

may be upholstered or finished 01f in any suitable way and is preferablysecured to the brackets E by the ears 6.

When in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, the rounded bottomat is turned up and forms a foot-stool similar to those ordinarilyplaced on chairs of this kind. When it is desired to use the childschair, it is reversed or brought into the position shown in dottedlines, Fig. 1, in which position it is secured in any suitable way, suchas by'means of a brace-rod G, hooking at one end into an eye on the seatand secured at its opposite end in the chair-body.

To raise the seat F to the proper height,

the body of the chair is thrown back, as shown in Fig. 2. This not onlyelevates the seat'F, but also lowers the back of the chair-body, so thatby swinging the main chair around on its standard the chair F may bemade to face 7 the usual mirror placed in front of barbers chairswithout having the main chair-body intervening. What I claim as myinvention is The combination with the chair having a lower foot-rest andstandards projecting upward therefrom of a combined foot-stool andchilds chair pivotally secured between said standards and comprising theseat portion a the back I) and the rounded portion on the opposite sideof the seat, and means for looking the chairin its upright position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH R. JOHN.

Witnesses:

JAMES B. RISK, VARNUM J. BOWERS.

